Honoré de Balzac

"La comtesse St phanie de Vandi res, qui avait suivi son vieux mari, le g n ral de Vandi res, dans la campagne de Russie, a t sauv e par son ami d'enfance, le major Philippe de Sucy, lors du passage de la B r sina. Au moment de leur s paration, la jeune femme, prise de panique crie: "Adieu " son amant rest sur l'autre berge. 6 ans apr s, Philippe de Sucy, devenu colonel, aper oit, lors d'une partie de chasse dans le parc d'un ancien prieur , la silhouette fantomatique mais toujours d'une trange beaut , d'une femme qui ne cesse de r p ter le mot "Adieu". Le colonel croit reconna tre St phanie, qu'il n'avait jamais revue depuis. L' motion est si forte qu'il s' vanouit... Philippe de Sucy, qui on confirme l'identit de la jeune femme, d couvre avec horreur que le comportement de St phanie ressemble celui d'un animal. Il essaie de convaincre le docteur Fanjat de tenter un traitement sur la jeune femme. Il est persuad qu'un choc motionnel puissant peut lui faire recouvrer la raison..."

Honor de Balzac (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Com die humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multifaceted characters, who are morally ambiguous. His writing influenced many subsequent novelists such as Marcel Proust, mile Zola, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, E a de Queir s, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustave Flaubert, Benito P rez Gald s, Marie Corelli, Henry James, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, and Italo Calvino, and philosophers such as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. In this book: Cousin Betty Clara Bell Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Elixir of Life Massimilla Doni Louis Lambert Translator: James Waring Translator: Clara Bell

Honor de Balzac (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Com die humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multifaceted characters, who are morally ambiguous. His writing influenced many subsequent novelists such as Marcel Proust, mile Zola, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, E a de Queir s, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustave Flaubert, Benito P rez Gald s, Marie Corelli, Henry James, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, and Italo Calvino, and philosophers such as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. In this book: Cousin Betty Clara Bell Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Elixir of Life Massimilla Doni Louis Lambert

Honor de Balzac (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Com die humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multifaceted characters, who are morally ambiguous. His writing influenced many subsequent novelists such as Marcel Proust, mile Zola, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, E a de Queir s, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustave Flaubert, Benito P rez Gald s, Marie Corelli, Henry James, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, and Italo Calvino, and philosophers such as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics. In this book: About Catherine de' Medici Seraphita AND OTHER STORIES

La paz del hogar es una historia sobre el amor, el adulterio y el deseo; una farsa conyugal de la vida parisina. El autor se vale de su afilada pluma para retratar la hipocres a de la sociedad, la desintegraci n de los sentimientos y la dif cil situaci n de la mujer del XIX.